"Pagba" is a word in HILIGAYNON, CEBUANO
págba - To heat, burn, bake (as clay in
making earthenware); to burn various
kinds of shells to make lime for betel-nut
chewing. Nagapágba silá. They are making
lime for betel-nut chewing. Ginpágba níla
ang mga olokabá sang tamburúkò. They
made lime of the tamburuco-shell. Pagbahí
áko sing banág. Make me some lime of the
banág-shell.
pagba v {1} [A; a] fire objects in a kiln.
Ikaw bay mupagba sa mga kúlun?
Will you fire the pots?
{2} [B; a12] tan, darken the skin in the sun.
Napagba siyag kinalígù sa dágat, His skin got dark from bathing in the sea so much.
I started to walk the day I was told I was dying of cancer. I believe walking has kept me alive. I live with a constant, pressing awareness of death. Once I start to walk, I am not afraid anymore; all is well.
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